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	Diy Roofing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Blue roof - A blue roof is a rooftop waterplay area in which water runoff is used to irrigate a green roof, or to cool the roof of a building on hot days, in order to eliminate or at least reduce the HVAC load placed on mechanical refrigeration equipment.
		Solar roof - A solar roof is the roof of a house or commercial building that is covered with an array of solar panels or shingles.
		Wrigley roof - A Wrigley roof is the name given to the roofs of residential buildings which have bleachers or seating on the top to view sporting events or other major events nearby.
	www.yadiy.com /diyroofing.html (744 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wrigley Field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Wrigley Field is a sports stadium in Chicago, Illinois which was built in 1914 for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales and which became the home of the Chicago Cubs in 1916.
		Wrigley Field is known for the ivy planted against the outfield wall in 1937 by Bill Veeck and the manual scoreboard Veeck also erected.
		Wrigley Field was also used for a lengthy establishing scene in A League of Their Own (1992), a Hollywood account of the women's baseball league which the eccentric but visionary Cubs owner P.K. Wrigley had, in fact, championed during World War II.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wrigley-Field (8848 words)

	Wrigley Mansion Club
		Built between 1929 and 1931 by chewing gum magnate, William Wrigley, Jr., as a 50th wedding anniversary gift for his beloved wife, Ada, the mansion was one of five Wrigley homes.
		The Wrigley's firmly believed that baseball was meant to be played during the day.
		With 16,850 square feet, 24 rooms, and 12 bathrooms, it was the smallest of the Wrigley houses and was used only four to eight weeks out of the year.
	www.wrigleymansionclub.com /mansion_history.html (758 words)

	Wrigley beckons Tigers - 06/02/00
		Part of Wrigley Field's charm is the presence of fans who faithfully watch the action on roofs around the park.
		Wrigley Field is, in fact, an elegant baseball playpen of such rich character and nuance that it could hardly be duplicated in the manner Boston, for example, hopes to re-create Fenway Park.
		The concourses are old-fashioned, with brick walkways serving as a floor for a stadium structure that is heavy on white-painted girders and concrete.
	www.detnews.com /2000/sports/0006/02/f01-67528.htm (1428 words)

	Wrigley roof - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Wrigley roof is the name given to the roofs of residential buildings which have bleachers or seating on the top to view sporting events or other major events nearby.
		Buildings with Wrigley roofs are usually in more affluent areas where major events occur and the height of the building gives a better view of said event.
		The name originated from Chicago where Wrigley roofs dot the neighborhood of Wrigleyville around Wrigley Field, where the Chicago Cubs play baseball.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wrigley_roof (105 words)

	PCT Online :: News :: Wrigley Field Strikes Out the Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Wrigley Field got its name in 1926, when the Wrigley family of chewing gum fame bought the Chicago Cubs team.
		Tradition and history embrace Wrigley Field and the much-loved Cubs team, whose diehard fans have always understood that the journey can be more important, entertaining and emotional than the outcome - especially during the Cubs frequent uphill seasons over the decades.
		When the Wrigley family ended its 65-year ownership of the team and sold the Cubs to the Tribune Company in 1981, no one dreamed of changing the name of the field.
	www.pctonline.com /news/news.asp?ID=2186&AdKeyword=Wrigley+Field (1372 words)

	Elysian Fields Quarterly - The Baseball Review
		Wrigley is best enjoyed as it has been for almost nine decades—in the bright summer sun, with a hot dog in one hand and a cold beer in the other.
		And Wrigley provides one of the last democratic experiences in baseball: A software designer may be cheering next to a welder; a plumber may give a banker a high five when Sammy Sosa drives one over the ivy-covered wall.
		I hope that the Cubs realize how much Wrigley means to their fans, how the magic that attracts people there—even when the team has been mediocre for so many years—is the intimacy of the place.
	www.efqreview.com /NewFiles/v19n4/stateofthegame.html (828 words)

	Encyclopedia: Lakeview, Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is the most visible of Chicago's gay and lesbian communities, known colloquially as Boystown and centered on Halsted Street, a major gay entertainment strip.
		An area within Lakeview is Wrigleyville, which is centered on the famous Wrigley Field ballpark, home of the Chicago Cubs.
		Some of these buildings have seating on their roofs, called Wrigley Roofs, where residents and visitors can watch baseball games.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lakeview,-Chicago (1922 words)

	JS Online: the roof (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Once those fans were local residents in lawn chairs, a beer in one hand and a bratwurst in the other, but today the rooftops are controlled by business people who charge as much as $100 a head.
		Not only was he careful to assure them that the proposed changes will not alter Wrigley's character, but he wanted them to know the new bleacher seats would not "obliterate" the view of the rooftops from the stands.
		So, like the Cubs, who hired a public relations firm to help make their case, the owners have hired a PR team of their own to convince the fans and the city that the issue is bigger than their lucrative enterprises.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/jul01/wrigley22072101.asp?format=print (666 words)

	SI.com - Sports Illustrated -- The Magazine - SI Flashback: Hey, Chicago Wait Till This Year - Tuesday April 29, 2003 ...
		Wrigley, on the other hand, is a quaint little relic from the days when elevators and parking lots weren't on ballpark architects' radar.
		Wrigley is so nestled into its yuppified neighborhood that its outside wall at one point is only 7 1/2 feet from the gutter of Addison Street.
		Wrigley Field itself has been compared to an outdoor barroom, and former Cubs manager Lee Elia's tirade against the Wrigley daytime habitues in 1983 was half-inspired, half-deranged.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /si_online/chicago_flashback (2942 words)

	Reader Forum Archive: Wrigley Field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Wrigley Field has been there long before any of the residents were even born and I'm sure these issues are very old.
		Wrigley is more like a drive-in theater, where people on the outside have access to part of the action (picture), but not all (no sound).
		The vote came in with 80% of the voters stating that it was their preference that the Cubs not be allowed to expand until a number of questions were answered and then expansion be allowed with the approval and cooperation of the neighborhood.
	www.ericzorn.com /mailbag/wrigley (10187 words)

	CASE STUDY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Wrigley’s environmental safety and health manager investigates a passive explosion suppression device.
		Wood is vitally aware of the role of environmental safety, based on his position as worldwide point man for Wrigley’s efforts to maintain a safe work environment for all their employees, as well as protecting their physical assets and process revenue sources from serious harm.
		Wood asked Cv Technology to present the new technology to the Chicago factory engineers, confident that the equipment cost would be comparable to the overall cost of venting, suppression systems, or any of the other accepted methods of dust explosion protection.
	www.afe.org /members/journal/sept_october2002/Dust.html (1364 words)

	Ballparks of Baseball-Ballpark Experiences
		Wrigley sits right in the middle of bars, shops, streets etc. There is no main concourse or anything like that.
		Additional Comments: Wrigley field is the best ballpark in history.Some people say they would prefer that the Cubs would play in a new stadium and if that happens at least convert Wrigley into a museum or something that would commemorate the Cubs.
		Drunk fans ruin any game no matter where it is. Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium and the Drunk capital of the world Milwaukee (fights in the parking lot and in the stadium) have got problems with the fans who think it is their privilege to get drunk, curse and make an ass out of them self's.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /reviews/wrigreviews.htm (3863 words)

	Wrigley Field
		Well there should certainly be no debate that Wrigley Field is among the most charming venue in all of professional sports and a true peiece of Americana.
		Wrigley Field was amazing, this web page does no justice to the experience.
		We would have another brush with a local hero at Wrigley as we saw a big comotion going on with people looking up at the catwalk going in to the mezzanine area.
	www.ballparkroadtrip.com /wrigleyfield.htm (1177 words)

	Wrigley, Comiskey are worlds apart: 10/ 6/ 2005
		CHICAGO -- Wrigley Field and the artist formerly known as New Comiskey Park sit on the same Windy City subway line, roughly a dozen stops apart, but their connection ends there.
		In the offseason, Wrigley is where you should go to find trendy restaurants and an ATM jammed four to a block in exterior walls of everything including an auto-repair shop.
		It's where one of the many ticket shops in walking distance promise they're "where the unforgettable is always available." It's where as charming as the bleachers on the roofs are, you wonder if the whole experience on a game night could ever live up to the gargantuan expectations.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/10-05/10-06-05/b03sp387.htm (823 words)

	CNNSI.com - MLB Baseball - Wrigley renovations might block rooftop views - Monday July 16, 2001 06:50 PM
		Posted: Monday July 16, 2001 6:50 PM The rooftops across Wrigley Field are controlled by business people who charge as much as $100 a head.
		CHICAGO (AP) -- Perhaps nowhere in baseball does tradition run deeper than at Wrigley Field, where a battle against expansion is being fought from -- and over -- the rooftops.
		Fans watching Chicago Cubs games in seats on roofs across the street from the ivy-covered park are a familiar sight to television viewers around the country.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/2001/07/16/wrigley_ap (765 words)

	Business of Sports: A loser's winning formula - Jul. 20, 2001
		Wrigley Field is such a jewel of a park that the Tribune
		Fans may expect to have the Cubs disappoint them in the end, but they also expect to see their games at Wrigley during the day, and sometimes from the roofs of apartment houses across the street from the outfield bleachers.
		And while McGuire has been quoted as saying the expansion plans are important to the team's prospects of staying at Wrigley, the neighbors, and the attendance success, suggest that is an empty bluff by the owners.
	money.cnn.com /2001/07/20/news/column_sportsbusiness (1181 words)

	WrigleyExpansion.com
		April 4, 2002 — Black windscreens have been installed on fences around Wrigley Field to restrict views of the ballpark for security reasons, Chicago Cubs officials said.
		Wrigley Field has chain-link fencing on the top of its walls behind the bleacher section and part of the grandstand along the foul lines.
		The windscreens obstruct the view of the playing field closest to the outfield wall from the roofs of buildings that surround the ballpark.
	www.wrigleyexpansion.com /art10.html (257 words)

	Fool.com: One Sweet Stock [Motley Fool Take] January 28, 2005
		Wrigley is not about milking a cash cow.
		Wrigley's stock is arguably priced at a premium: more than four times sales, 21.7 times cash flow, and 32 times trailing earnings.
		But investors buying Wrigley are looking at 25 years of success, great free cash flow, and what looks to be a promising future.
	www.fool.com /News/mft/2005/mft05012828.htm?source=ihghlpban100102 (352 words)

	Football Ground Guide -> North American Ground #3 - Wrigley Field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Wrigley Field is one of the most revered ballparks in the US and is the second oldest still in use.
		It was built by Wrigley (yes the same bloke who invented the chewing gum) in 1914 and was so traditional the club didn’t even install floodlights until the 1980’s, previously choosing to play all home games in the day time, even though that often meant playing on week day afternoons.
		I seem to remember one of the chapters in Simon Inglis' Sightlines book is about Wrigley Field, and in it there is a bit about how some of the people in adjoining houses have set up clubs and seating areas on their roofs where they charge people to watch games.
	footballgroundguide.ipbhost.com /index.php?showtopic=4840 (1442 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Wrigley Field at Epinions.com
		Wrigley is as cozy as advertised, presenting baseball as it used to be, or at least should have been, and should still be.
		Wrigley feels almost like a ballpark in miniature, even though the nearly symmetrical outfield dimensions are not particularly short.
		One good reason for the cozy feel is the virtual lack of foul territory and, of course, the ivy on the brick outfield walls.
	www.epinions.com /sprt-review-6DCC-ADFFCB7-38E471DA-prod4 (426 words)

	Technology’s Batter Up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dave and I both grew up in Chicago not too far from Wrigley, so we visited the stadium often when we were young.
		Although some of the newer ballparks have high-tech retractable roofs, Web access, digital scoreboards, and food that can be ordered by cell phone, it is still not an understatement to say that baseball is a high-tech holdout.
		Wrigley Field is not one of them, but next year all parks are to be fitted with this camera-computer system, bringing even Wrigley one-step closer to the world of technology.
	www.aarp.org /computers-features/Articles/a2003-09-17-batterup (648 words)

	A roof with a view: Rooftop seats are part of Wrigley Field's ambience and a $7 million business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Unlike many of the stadiums built in the suburbs with large parking lots and highway access, Wrigley Field is in a densely populated neighborhood of two-lane streets.
		The 11 rooftops next to Wrigley Field — licensed by the city as entertainment establishments — can generate about $5 million in revenue a season, according to Jim Murphy, a rooftop owner and president of the Wrigley Field Rooftop Association.
		While Wrigley Field frequently gets sellout crowds to see a team that hasn't won a World Series since 1908, the Cubs' ability to increase revenue is limited, said Dan Migala, editor of Team Marketing Report, a Chicago-based publisher of sports marketing information.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/684310/posts (1183 words)

	Wrigleyville -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Its population is heavily (A young upwardly mobile professional person; someone under 40 who prospered during the 1980s) yuppie, many of whom live in the low-rise brick apartment buildings.
		Some of these buildings have seating on their roofs, called (Click link for more info and facts about Wrigley Roofs) Wrigley Roofs, where residents and visitors can watch baseball games.
		Wrigleyville is also one of the centers of Chicago's nightlife culture, featuring a great assortment of (A building where people go to eat) restaurants, (A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented) theatres and (A rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon) bars.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/W/Wr/Wrigleyville.htm (309 words)

	Wrigley Ravings - Wrigley Field is falling down... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Wrigley Field is falling down, falling down, falling down.
		Wrigley Field is falling down, my fair lady.
		The Cubs are attempting to hang netting from the roofs to assure that any cement that would fall would not fall to the ground.
	www.brendoman.com /cubs/2004/07/28/wrigley_field_is_falling_down (200 words)

	wrigley
		Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois (visited May 6, 1996) - I unfortunately only have been fortunate enough to visit Wrigley once.
		They still play the vast majority of their games during the day and are always among the leaders in attendance.
		People sit on the roofs of buildings across the street and in living rooms of 2nd floor apartments in the houses over the left field bleachers.
	www.nottherock.com /wrigley.html (534 words)

	Wrigley roof Information
		A Wrigley roof is the name given to the roofs of residential buildings which have bleachers or seating on the top to view sporting events or other major events nearby.
		The name originated from Chicago where Wrigley roofs dot the neighborhood of Wrigleyville around Wrigley Field, where the Chicago Cubs play baseball.
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	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Wrigley_roof (88 words)

	Worldisround - Wrigley Field ca. 2005 - Baseball in Wrigley Field Area photos
		Baseball in Wrigley Field Area - travel photos - The first park on Chicagos North Side, Wrigley Field cost $250,000 when it was built...
		Wrigley Field is known for the ivy planted against the outfield wall...
		A Wrigley roof is the name given to the roofs of residentia
	www.worldisround.com /articles/200485/index.html (314 words)

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